On the other hand, I am certain that the number of MPs who have solemnly but privately pledged their undying support to each camp vastly exceeds the number of Tory MPs when added together. (View Post)

I sort of agree, although the Pincher affair was only really the straw that broke the camel's back. Had Paterson and Partygate not preceded it, it almost certainly wouldn't have brought him… (View Post)

I agree to the extent that Shapps' endorsement doesn't makes Sunak massively more likely to become PM. What it does do, however, is give a valuable insight into thinking among Tory MPs. Sha… (View Post)

Strong argument. No wonder you are revered as PB's second greatest thinker after HYUFD. (View Post)

The idea that the Tory civil war over Europe, raging for decades, and resolving itself in the way it did after he left Government, is the fault of Nick Clegg, is utterly risible. (View Post)